Do you see any difference between these pics?

https://imgur.com/a/msrrDku

I know, I know, only lost 3.6 kilos but hear me out. I feel hella confused. So yesterday I went to see a beautician whom i see every... 5 months or so (so, not often) and she told me I look thinner than I did at the beginning of the year. So I took pics and compared them to those from the beginning of my diet in may (there’s only a one week difference between the first and the second « before » pics but I lose weight super slowly so it’s irrelevant). But I don’t see a difference.

I do notice that I float a little in certain clothes that used to fit me, but not all of them. And when I look in a mirror I don’t look that different, but when I touch my body I feel less love handles than I used to (I’ve always used my fat as anti-stress ball so it’s the first thing I noticed). And the beautician is the one only person who noticed my weight loss so idk.

I also went down to 68.9kg beginning of July, then went on a 1week trip and went back to 72kg, and now here I am (kind of yo yo dieting but don’t worry I found a more sustainable diet so I lose weight slower but I don’t binge). However at 68.9kg I saw no change at ALL, and all of a sudden at 70kg I see change? Does that mean 68.9kg was just losing water weight? And now I lost weight « for real »?

When I look at these pictures I don’t see change. Aside from the poses which are different because I didn’t have to hold my shirt on the second one (btw sorry about weird leg pose, I have genu valgum). Do you see anything? I feel so weird because my clothes fit different but my waist measurements didn’t change for example, and my legs look the same, and the pics don’t look different enough for a clothes change. I’ll be receiving smaller sized dresses on July 28th and I’ll see how they fit. But yeah I don’t think I’ll even notice anything before I go from a size 3 to a size 1.

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On July 13th, 2020 I started my weight loss journey for the last time.

I (25M) have been overweight/obese for a very long time. At least ten years. I have experienced it all from being told I can’t ride a roller coaster cause the lap bar won’t click because my gut was in the way to getting light headed every morning tying my shoes. It is not a good feeling. Not at all. Over the years I’ve tried and failed every time to start a healthy lifestyle. That is an even worse feeling.

This year my wife and I were blessed with the news that we are going to have twins (boy and girl) this September and we couldn’t be more thrilled. However, our daughter already has an issue with her heart, which will be corrected with very little chance of complications, and it gave me just the motivation I needed to get this started. My wife and I want to show our kids that it is important to stay fit and healthy.

So here we are, on July 17th, and I’ve counted my calories and stayed under my TDEE every day, I’ve drank a gallon of water each day, and I already have my meals planned out for next week. Today, I start training at my local gym.

I am DETERMINED to get down to a healthy weight and maintain it. Everyone along the way who told me that I’ll always be a “fatass” are about to eat their words.

Thank you for taking the time to read this!!

Day one pictures!

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Demotivated - vent - please help

Hello everybody, this is the first time I'm posting here, I've been reading your topics for a while and it just discourages me instead of motivating me.
I'm a 26-year-old Italian woman. My weight in the last two years has been creeping up slowly but steadily, I went from 65 kgs to 86 now. The last 8 kilos I gained during the lockdown. My highest weight before had been 80 when I was heavily depressed 5 years ago but it lasted only a few months before I easily lost them by simply living normally.

I am 155cm tall (5'1) and my weight tells me I'm moderately obese. I think I'm lucky because my body genetically has good proportions, a small waist and large hips, and slim neck and face, but I still hate to look like this, I feel huge and awkward. I see lots of cute guys around and the thought that I look obese to them instead of "cute", as I had always been used to, makes me want to just stay home and hide for the rest of my life. I feel heavy while I walk and I see awkward fat on my arms, shoulder, waist, legs.
I used to go to the gym and really love working out, especially weight lifting, but lately, my life has been getting really hard as I still have to get my Bachelor's and I have to take care of my severely ill mom.
I go to therapy and I can say I successfully healed from anything mentally-related thanks to it, but I still find it very hard to just put effort day by day on my weight loss. The thought that I have to lose 30 kilos instead of 20, 10 or 5 as it was before, just makes me feel paralyzed and discouraged, and I'm scared to develop health issues as my breathing is already starting to be worse than before.

Has any of you been in my shoes? Do you have any tips or stories? I could really use some of that before I just decide to become a shut-in and give up on a man-woman relationship. (I'm not body positive NOR a fat shamer. I don't judge other people in any way, I just know for myself that I can't be happy with a man if all I can think about is hide my fat bits or how awkward my movements are.)
annd I apologize for the lengthy vent.

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Lost 50 lbs but feel discouraged instead of elated:(

Hey y'all, I started my weight loss at the start of 2020 at 157 kg and am currently at 134.5 kg which means i've lost almost 50 lbs. But instead of feeling super elated or happy i just feel exhausted and discouraged at the amount of weight I still have to lose to reach my goal of 86kg. I have been using CICO pretty strictly and adding light exercise to get this far but its not my pace that has me down but just the huge distance i still have to go that has me disheartened.

Does anyone have any tips to keep motivated or have been in a similar boat?

My stats are Male 22yr 5' 10" SW 157 KG CW 134.5KG GW 86KG

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32% OF WEIGHT LOSS GOAL ACHIEVED: How I've moved from 361 to 329

I'm shocked to even write it--but also just plain thrilled.

I'm working from home which has allowed better food choices and regular (tRX)exercises. I'm branching out to other exercising regimes shortly, too. Normally, I've achieved weight loss in the past through brute force (exercise) rather than tracking and limiting what I put in my body. This time is different. As importantly, it feels different too.

For the past 57 days I have tracked every calorie in my fitness pal (OK, every calorie I recorded; I don't think any human has ever perfectly recorded a few months of calorie consumption). I have made the effort to get a minimum of 20 minutes of exercise every day -- and push hard to ensure I get it done early (AM) rather than later in the day.

Basically, I'm losing about 10 pounds per month. In another two months or so, I hope to report I'm 50% through with my 100 pound weight loss goal.

I'm not comfortable presenting pictures. Indeed, my body feels different (but it doesn't look different). Maybe that will change by the next milestone of 50% of my goal weight loss. In the meanwhile, even without a different looking body, I'm pleased with greater strength and flexibility. I also recorded my second lowest resting heartrate (81bpm) in the 13 months I've worn my fitbit (my lowest was 79 or 80 - I figure I'm going to beat that goal slowly too!).

Onward.

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EDIT I'm down 32 pounds from highest to lowest points. I regularly use fitbit and trendweight to monitor my weighted moving averages. Using that over the past 60 days, I've lost 25 pounds given my trends.

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Feeling lost on how many calories I need after starting new job.

20 M 210lbs

Goal weight is 180lbs

Started a new job this week at a moving company where I’m lifting and on my feet the entire day.

Prior to this I was fasting from 7pm-12pm and eating at 1800cal/day while running a 5k three times a week, I was seeing progress.

Now I cannot afford to fast through breakfast and have stopped running since it would be too hard on my feet, the job is essentially cardio anyways so whatever.

Calories wise, 1800 is not cutting it. I’d rather feel good and safe at work than lose weight, but I’d prefer to knock out two birds with one stone.

Would adding an extra 400-500cal a day be counterintuitive to my weight loss? Or would working such a physical job counter it out?

Thank you.

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I lost friends because of losing weight.

Pardon my grammar (English is not my 1st language) If you ask me to choose between weight loss or friends I'd choose friends. But everything changed before my birthday, I've always had this feeling that my ex friends weren't very happy that I changed my lifestyle.

I told them that I wanted to lose weight in 2018 (I had complications high BP, cholesterol, pre diabetic, and arthritis), one of them said that I wouldn't commit to it, they were concerned that exercise and healthy diet might make me sick, and if something bad happens to me they'd just laugh at me.

3 months in I was rushed to the ER because of a fever caused by stress (work stuff not because of the workout and diets) the doctor run a blood test, everything was fine I'm free from all of those things. I didn't tell them, because I know that they would say something mean to me. After around 2 days of meds, I was already 100% again, back to working out and stuff. I decided to tell them what happened. They were kinda mad that I was hiding this from them, but I told them that it wasn't caused by my workout and stuff, the workout and diet actually helped me with my complications. They weren't happy, they said that if I die because of this, they wouldn't even care.

Fast forward to July 1st 2020, I decided to cut them off because I couldn't take it anymore, the mental abuse is more than just on my "lifestyle" anymore, it was almost like they wanted to paint me as the stupid guy, it was constant jabs here and there, even when I tried to date someone they were like "really? Will it work with your insecurities?". Now I know that they're not real friends, real friends encourage each other to be better instead of taking them down by saying "iTs ToUgH LoVe".

Sorry if I sound mad, but idk, it hurts I guess. K thanks for reading.bye.

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